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#pragma once
#include <Utilities/SmartPtr/SharedPtr.h>
#include <NeuralNetwork/Neuron/Equation/IEquation.h>
#include <NeuralNetwork/NNException.h>
#include <NeuralNetwork/Neuron/Equation/SigmaEquation.h>
#include <NeuralNetwork/Neuron/Equation/IEquationFactory.h>

namespace nn {

    /**
     * IEquationFactory interface
     * implementation. This class will
     * generate the
     * @class SigmaEquation.
     */
    template<class Var>
    class SigmaEquationFactory : public IEquationFactory<Var> {
    public:

        SigmaEquationFactory(void) {
        }

        /**
         * Will return the implementation of \see={ IEquation } interface.
         */
        IEquation<Var>* getInstance(void) const{
            return new SigmaEquation<Var>;
        }

        virtual ~SigmaEquationFactory(void) {
        }
    };

}

